Coin-actuating vending-machine.



No. 754,616. kPATENTED MAR. 15, 1904.

C. A. SMILEY. l

' COIN ACTUATING VENDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED DEG. 4. 1902 N0 MODEL.

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CHARLEY A. SMILEY, OF ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA.

COIN-ACTUATING VENDING-NIACHINE.

SPECIFICATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 754,616, dama March 15, 1904.

Application iiled December 4, 1902. Serial No. 133,881. (No model.)

T0 all whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, CHARLEY A. SMILEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Erie, in the county of Erie and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Coin-Actuating Vending-Machines, of which the following is a speciiicntion.

This invention relates 'to coin -actuated vending-machines; and it consists in certain improvements in the construction thereof, as will beliereinai'terfull y described, and pointed out in the claims. 1

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, as follows:

Figure l shows a section on the line 1 l in Fig. 2. Fig. 2 shows afront elevation of the machine.

A marks the case; B, the chute in which the articles C to be vended are stored. Ar-

ranged on the top of the packages C is a;

end of the chute is provided with a support` c, the back of the chute being open, so that packages may be forced oif the support cinto the way c2, where they are carried to a position to be taken by the customer. The chute B may be supported in any manner by the case, but preferably by the lug b. The front edge of the bottom of the chute-that is, the part opposite the support c-is open.

In the operation of this device the coin which is dropped into the machine is used to move the package off the support by immediate contact. A rock-lever D is pivoted at Z2 on the case. Its upper end'cZ forms one jaw of the clamp which acts in conjunction with the jaw e of a clamp-lever E. The clamplever is pivoted on the rock-lever at e. The operating-rod F is pivoted on the clamp-lever at e2. A spring f tends to retract the rod and the parts to which it is connected. Extending through the jaws e and Z is a coin-support Gr. This extends only a short distance in front of the clamp when the clamp is in its normal position. A coin H is shown in Fig. 1, with the parts in their normal position. A guideway I carries the coin from the slot J to the position shown inA Fig. l between the jaws c and d. The plate K is arranged at the end of the guideway in position to deflect the coin at the end of the guideway. A spring c presses this plate K to its normal position. The plate is pivoted at lo', so as to rock out of the way of the coin as the rocklever D is moved forward.

The operation of the device so far as described is as follows: The coin is inserted at the slotJ. passes down the guideway I, is deiiected by the plate K between the jaws e and d upon the support G. The operating-rod F is then pressed forward. It will be noted that the force of gravity acting upon the rock-lever D retards its forward action, so that the initial movement of the rod F moves the clamplevcr E and closes the jaw e. As soon as the rock-lever E has moved as far as the interposed coin will permit the rock-lever D is forced forward, carrying with it the coin. The coin presses up'the plate K and in its forward movement contacts the lowermost package C and forces it into the way C2. In this forward movement of the lever D it passes over the pivot d2, so that as the spring f retracts the rod F its initial movement operates the clamp-lever E, opening the jaw-e, and as the parts are in front of the coin-support G the coin drops onto the plate L and is carried by the plate into the till L.

I prefer to provide the mechanismwith a fraud-detecting device, which is as follows: Arranged beneath the guideway I is a magnet M. This magnet is carried by a lever M. The lever M is pivoted on the rod m, which rod is secured-to the case. The lower end of the lever has the slot m', which operates upon the guide, so that before the lever D completes its movement the magnet has been carried away from the guide I a suficient distance to permit the slug to move off the guide I and drop into the till. Of course'the lever D without the coin in the jaw does not vend a package.

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In Fig. Q the series of packages C3 and C4 are shown.

Any number of chutes may be provided, and any number of mechanisms may be arranged on the rock-lever D to operate in conjunction with such chutes.

That I claim as new is l. In a coin-actuated vending-machine; the combination of a chute; a rocking lever; a positively-actuated clamp carried by said lever and arranged to carry a coin past the bottoni of the chute as the lever is rocked; means for actuating the rock-lever; and means for guiding the coin into the clamp.

2. In a coin-actuated vending-machine, the combination of a chute; a rocking lever arranged to move over the center of its pivot; a positively-actuated clamp carried by said lever and arranged to carry a coin past the bottom of the chute asthe lever is rocked; means for actuating the rock-lever; and means for guiding the coin into the clamp.

8. In a coin-actuated vendingmachine, the combination of a chute; a rocking lever; a positively-actuated clamp carried by said lever and arranged to carry a coin past the bottomvof the chute as the lever is rocked; means v acting initially upon the clamp for operating the rocking lever; and means for guiding the coin into the clamp.

4. In a coin-actuated vending-machine, the combination of a chute; a rocking lever arranged to move past a vertical line extending from its pivot as it is rocked; apositively-actuated clamp carried by said lever and arranged to carry a coin past the bottom of the chute as the lever is rocked; means acting initially upon the clamp for operating the rocking lever; and means for guiding the coin into the clamp.

5. In a coin-actuated vending-machine, the combination of a chute; a rocking lever having a jaw d; a clamp carried by said lever, said clamp comprising the lever E pivoted on the rocking lever and the jaw e arranged to operate in connection with the jaw l on the rocking lever; the operating-rod F secured to the clamp-lever; the spring f for retracting the rod; and means for guiding coin into the clamp.

6. In a coin-actuated vending-machine, the combination of a chute; a rocking lever; a. clamp carried by said lever and arranged to carry a coin past the bottom of the chute as the lever is rocked; a coin-support arranged in the clamp when the clamp is in its normal position; means for actuating the rock-lever;

and means for guiding the coin into the clamp.A

I; movable deiecting-plate K; a magnet M y adjacent to the guideiway I; the lever M car- .rying the magnet; and a connection between the lever M' and the lever D.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing 

